News and commentHomemade film takes honourA homemade movie created costing $218.32 (£118), and a sympathetic portrayal of a paedophile, have won awards at the London film festival

So Solid - and so strikingFrom a rap star's debut in a gripping London gun crime drama to neighbour rage in a poor Welsh town, the British films were the ones to watch. Jason Solomons rounds up the pick of the bunch

'This film is part of me' David O Russell's new film, I Heart Huckabees, is a post-9/11 screwball comedy about existentialism. And it's based on his experiences of protesting against the CIA in the 1980s, he tells B Ruby Rich

'It was like being in jail' It has taken four years and a lot of editing, but 2046 is finally ready for its UK premiere. Wong Kar-wai tells Howard Feinstein why making it was so traumatic.

The lineup

Worlds apartChinese pulp sci-fi, American black comedy, kung-fu ballet and Woody Allen ... there's something for everyone in this year's London film festival. Peter Bradshaw gives his top 10 picks.